Tag: University of Stirling

Convenience in brief | The latest news in the sector

Scottish Grocer takes a look at the Scottish convenience sector and brings together three news stories covering recent events.
Attendees at the most recent Cross Party Group of Independent Convenience Stores

Fighting the war on sugar head on

Health concerns can’t kill confectionery
Prof Leigh Sparks’s (right),CPG meeting at Holyrood (left)

Nanny retailing?

Controversial research at the centre of the most recent meeting of the Cross Party Group on Independent Convenience Stores
Teen vaping

Vape use worth further study

RESEARCHERS at the University of Stirling have found young non-smokers who have tried an e-cigarette are more likely to experiment with cigarettes than those...

Fewer shops now vacant

Scottish shopping centres worst hit in Britain Dundee and Brechin lead empty space charts LESS of Scotland’s town centre retail and leisure units were...

Town centres bounce back

• Shop vacancies fall in hardest hit communities • Cities show more empty units back in use RETAIL may still be a tough business but...
Stirling University

Saving town centres – it’s not all about retail

Out-of-town shopping centres have played a part in the sorry state of many Scottish town centres. But so has out-of-town everything else. Town centres...